"Motifs in the James Bond film series The ""James Bond"" series of films contain a number of repeating, distinctive motifs which date from the series' inception with ""Dr. No"" in 1962. The series consists of twenty four films produced by Eon Productions featuring the James Bond character, a fictional British Secret Service agent. The most recent instalment is the 2015 film ""Spectre"", which was released in UK cinemas on 26 October 2015. There have also been two independently made features, the satirical ""Casino Royale"", released in 1967, and the 1983 film ""Never Say Never Again"". Whilst each element has not"
"each member. In the first book to include SPECTRE, ""Thunderball"", it is stated that the numbers of each member changes periodically (it ""advances round a rota by two digits at midnight on the first of every month"") to avoid detection and Blofeld is in fact ""Number 2"". In ""Casino Royale"", it is revealed Le Chiffre and a reluctant Vesper Lynd are in league with a crime syndicate that is behind Mr. White and subsequently identified as Spectre in the 2015 film of the same name led by Ernst Stravo Blofeld in this rebooted continuity as well. Blofeld reveals to Bond"
"Spectre (2015 film) Spectre is a 2015 British spy film, the twenty-fourth in the ""James Bond"" film series produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures. It is the fourth film to feature Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and the second film in the series directed by Sam Mendes following ""Skyfall."" It was written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth. It is the final ""James Bond"" film to be internationally distributed by Columbia Pictures, as Universal Pictures will become the international distributor of its future films. The story sees Bond pitted"
"2020. Spectre (2015 film) Spectre is a 2015 British spy film, the twenty-fourth in the ""James Bond"" film series produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures. It is the fourth film to feature Daniel Craig as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, and the second film in the series directed by Sam Mendes following ""Skyfall."" It was written by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth. It is the final ""James Bond"" film to be internationally distributed by Columbia Pictures, as Universal Pictures will become the international distributor of its future films. The story sees Bond"
"1964–1965. In 1969 the novel was adapted as the sixth film in the Eon Productions James Bond film series and was the only film to star George Lazenby as Bond. In 2014 ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" was adapted as a play on BBC Radio, starring Toby Stephens. For more than a year, James Bond, British Secret Service operative 007, has been involved in ""Operation Bedlam"": trailing the private criminal organisation SPECTRE and its leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The organisation had hijacked two nuclear devices and subsequently blackmailed the western world, as described in ""Thunderball"". Convinced SPECTRE no longer exists,"
"were actively hunted by law enforcement in the 1950s. The strict codes of loyalty and silence, and the hard retributions that followed violations, were hallmarks of American gangster rings, Mafia, the Unione Corse, the Chinese Tongs and Triads and the Japanese Yakuza and Black Dragon Society. During the events of ""Thunderball"", SPECTRE successfully hijack two nuclear warheads and plan to hold the world to ransom. The organisation is next mentioned in book 10, ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1962), when Bond describes investigating their activities in Toronto before the story begins, though they play no part in the story itself."
"higher figure Blofeld had anticipated. The killing of Helga Brandt in ""You Only Live Twice"", for failing to kill James Bond, horrifies even visiting Red Chinese agents; she was eaten by Blofeld's piranhas. In the original Bond novel series, SPECTRE's first and last appearance as a worldwide power is in the novel ""Thunderball"", published in 1961. In the novel, SPECTRE, headed by Blofeld, attempts to conduct nuclear blackmail against NATO. Apparently disbanded afterwards, SPECTRE is said to be active again in the next book, ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", although the organisation is not involved in the plot. In ""On"
"Fleming's warning of the Nazi fascists surviving after the Second World War first detailed in the novel ""Moonraker"" (1954). SPECTRE began in the novels as a small group of criminals but became a vast international organization with its own SPECTRE Island training base in the films, to replace the Soviet SMERSH. In Ian Fleming's novels, SPECTRE is a commercial enterprise led by Blofeld. The top level of the organisation is made up of twenty-one individuals, eighteen of whom handle day-to-day affairs and are drawn in groups of three from six of the world's most notorious organisations—the Gestapo, the Soviet SMERSH,"
"also marked the debut of Desmond Llewelyn as Q, a role he would play for 36 years until ""The World Is Not Enough"" in 1999. Seeking to exact revenge on James Bond (007) for killing its agent Dr. No and destroying the organisation's assets in the Caribbean, the international criminal organisation SPECTRE begins training agents to kill Bond. Their star pupil is Donald ""Red"" Grant, an Irish assassin who proves his mettle by killing a Bond impostor in one minute and fifty-two seconds on a training course with a garrote wire concealed in his wristwatch. Meanwhile, the organisation's Chief Planner,"
"OSS was disbanded in 1945; accordingly, the Central Intelligence Agency; formed in 1947 is a direct descendant of the OSS. Bond teams up with CIA agent Cedar Leiter, daughter of his old friend, Felix Leiter, to investigate one Markus Bismaquer, who is suspected of reviving the criminal organisation SPECTRE, which was believed to have been disbanded years earlier following the death of its leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, at the hands of Bond (in ""You Only Live Twice""). The British Secret Service learns that Bismaquer is an obsessive collector of rare prints, so Bond and Cedar visit the man's huge ranch"
"In the film, Bond is posthumously sent by Judi Dench's M to assassinate Marco Sciarra, which in turn leads him on the trail of the organisation. It is revealed throughout the course of the film that Spectre, and in turn Ernst Stavro Blofeld, have been responsible for the villainous events of the previous Craig films. The Quantum organisation from 2008's ""Quantum of Solace"" is revealed to be a subsidiary of Spectre, while Raoul Silva from ""Skyfall"" is shown to be affiliated with the organisation. In addition to Silva, Le Chiffre, Mr. White, and Dominic Greene are all revealed to have"
"against the global criminal organisation Spectre and their leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz). Bond attempts to thwart Blofeld's plan to launch a global surveillance network, and discovers Spectre and Blofeld were behind the events of the previous three films. The film marks Spectre and Blofeld's first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971's ""Diamonds Are Forever""; a character resembling Blofeld had previously appeared in the 1981 film, ""For Your Eyes Only"", but, because of the ""Thunderball"" controversy, he is not named, nor is his face shown. Several ""James Bond"" characters, including M, Q and Eve Moneypenny return, with"
"with Sony. McClory's Bond rights, including his rights in SPECTRE, were unaffected. On November 15, 2013, MGM and the McClory estate announced that they had formally settled the issue with Danjaq, LLC and MGM had acquired the full copyright to the characters and concepts of Blofeld and SPECTRE. Having lost its mantle of acronym, now simply called Spectre, the organisation and Blofeld were the main antagonists in the first Bond film released after the settlement, ""Spectre"". Henchmen working for SPECTRE, one of its members, or directly for Ernst Stavro Blofeld: This is only a brief description of the numbers of"
"their hulls and an underwater battle scene. The Russians were originally the villains, then the Sicilian Mafia, but this was later changed again to the internationally operating criminal organisation, SPECTRE. Both McClory and Fleming claim to have come up with the concept of SPECTRE; Fleming biographer Andrew Lycett and John Cork both note Fleming as the originator of the group, Lycett saying that ""[Fleming] proposed that Bond should confront not the Russians but SPECTRE ..."" whilst Cork produced a memorandum in which Fleming called for the change to SPECTRE: Cork also noted that Fleming used the word ""spectre"" previously: in"
"Moon Knight. The Black Spectre organization first appeared in ""Daredevil"" #108 (March 1974) and was created by writer Steve Gerber and penciller Bob Brown. The organization subsequently appeared in the next issues of the series with ""Daredevil"" #109-112 (May–August 1974) written again by Steve Gerber. The author used it also in ""The Defenders"" #109 (May 1974) and ""Marvel Two-In-One"" #3 (May 1974). In 2012, the organization appeared in ""Daredevil"" (vol. 3) series with issues #6, #8-10, 10.1, and #13, in ""Avenging Spider-Man"" #6 and in ""The Punisher"" (Vol. 8) #9, #11. The Black Spectre is one of the five criminal"
"by the crime syndicate SPECTRE and the subsequent attempted blackmail of the Western powers for their return. James Bond, Secret Service operative 007, travels to the Bahamas to work with his friend Felix Leiter, seconded back into the CIA for the investigation. ""Thunderball"" also introduces SPECTRE's leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in the first of three appearances in Bond novels, with ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" and ""You Only Live Twice"" being the others. ""Thunderball"" has been adapted four times, once in a comic strip format for the ""Daily Express"" newspaper, twice for the cinema and once for the radio. The"
"In the following Bond film, ""Spectre"", Ernst Stavro Blofeld reveals that Silva had worked with and been supported by SPECTRE, a worldwide criminal organization, along with Le Chiffre and Dominic Greene, the villains of ""Casino Royale"" and ""Quantum of Solace"", respectively. The scene in which Silva and Bond first meet raised eyebrows among critics and fans alike for its supposed homoerotic subtext. In the scene Silva strokes Bond's thighs and chest while interrogating the secret agent, who is tied to a chair. The scene ignited speculation that screenwriter John Logan, who is gay, intended to imply that Silva and Bond"
"The organisation's third appearance is in book 11, ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1963) where Blofeld, hired by an unnamed country or party—though the Soviet Union is implied—is executing a plan to ruin British agriculture with biological warfare. Blofeld, with a weakened SPECTRE, would appear for the final time in book 12, ""You Only Live Twice"" (1964). By this point, the organisation has largely been shut down, and what remains is focused on maintaining Blofeld's alias as Dr. Guntram von Shatterhand and his compound in Japan. In the films, the organisation often acts as a third party in the ongoing"
"Marshal Josip Broz Tito's secret police, the Italian Mafia, the Unione Corse, and a massive heroin-smuggling operation based in Turkey. Their début is in the 9th Bond book, ""Thunderball"" (1961). At the time of writing the novel—1959—Fleming believed that the Cold War might end during the two years it would take to produce the film, and came to the conclusion that the inclusion of a contemporary political villain would leave the film looking dated; he therefore thought it better to create a politically neutral enemy for Bond. Fleming's SPECTRE has elements inspired by mafia syndicates and organised crime rings that"
"conveniently driven up by French agent, Madame La Porte. At a SPECTRE meeting in Paris, chaired by the enigmatic Number One, Emilio Largo (SPECTRE operative Number Two) introduces the group's latest project: hijacking two atomic bombs and holding NATO for ransom. The plot begins at Shrublands sanatorium, located close to a NATO air base. Coincidentally, James Bond is at Shrublands to improve his health. There, he notices that fellow patient Count Lippe has a Tong tattoo. Bond searches Lippe's room, and is seen leaving by the man in the adjoining room, whose head is covered in bandages. Lippe tries to"
"by MGM Interactive and the last James Bond video game until the release of """" in 2008. ""From Russia with Love"" features a third-person multiplayer deathmatch mode. One of the changes to the plot of the video game is the absence of the villainous organisation SPECTRE, who played a vital role in the film. Due to legal issues that have plagued the James Bond film series since 1963, the organization was renamed ""OCTOPUS"" and appears to lack a central leader in the same vein as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The SPECTRE name was tied up in a long-running dispute over the"
"a direct connection to Spectre. The organisation behind Le Chiffre in 2006's Casino Royale was revealed to be Spectre in the 2015 film through retroactive establishment. In 1983 Warner Bros. released ""Never Say Never Again"", starring Sean Connery and based on the same original source material as ""Thunderball"". The film retells the basic story of ""Thunderball"", albeit with some new characters and in an updated setting. It also reintroduces both SPECTRE and Blofeld. Though the film was not made by Eon Productions (the production company for all other James Bond movies), it nevertheless makes every attempt to fit into the"
"he was behind Le Chiffre and the organisation known as Quantum from the 2008 Bond film, it being a subsidiary of Spectre. Blofeld was also behind Raoul Silva's rampage in ""Skyfall"". The film ""Spectre"" presents the organisation as a conspiracy of legitimate businesses and organised crime, moving to become a private intelligence agency. Due to the embargo placed on the series as a result of the copyright dispute, the rebooted series initially introduced the terrorist cell Quantum as a replacement, but was then retconned to be a subsidiary of Spectre. SPECTRE is often parodied in films, video games, and novels."
"took on the alias of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, using his mother's maiden name. He then assembled the global criminal organisation known as Spectre. He is revealed to have been trying for years to destroy Bond, whom he resents for having been his father's favourite; he is thus revealed to have been the power behind the villains of the previous three films, who were all Spectre agents. At the end of the film, Bond takes him into custody after foiling his plan to take control of the world's national security intelligence data. This incarnation of Blofeld again wears a jacket without"
"operatives abroad in subversion of the West, with the additional goal of killing Western spies, particularly James Bond of SIS. SMERSH's headquarters are variously stated to be in Leningrad or in Moscow, Soviet Union. In the Bond film series, SMERSH is usually replaced with SPECTRE – a global terrorist organisation. The novel ""Casino Royale"" breaks SMERSH down into five departments or отделы (оtdyels): Within the world of James Bond, SMERSH is a Soviet counterintelligence agency that is a recurring threat to him and the British Secret Service. In ""Casino Royale"", the first Bond novel, SMERSH is described as the most"
"Well known examples are THRUSH and KAOS from ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."" and ""Get Smart"". The most obvious is the ""Austin Powers"" series of films. In this, a man named Dr. Evil (a parody of Ernst Stavro Blofeld) is the leader of a villainous organisation called Virtucon. Dr. Evil's second in command, known only as ""Number Two"", is a parody of Emilio Largo, Blofeld's second in command. SPECTRE SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) is a fictional organization featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video"
"Black Spectre Black Spectre has two meanings in the Marvel Universe. The first Black Spectre is the name of a fictional organization which first appeared in ""Daredevil"" #108 (March 1974) and was created by writer Steve Gerber and penciller Bob Brown. It was a league of costumed female commandos, entranced by the Mandrill into doing his bidding, and led by Nekra. The second Black Spectre is a fictional supervillain who first appeared in ""Moon Knight"" #25 (November 1982) and was created by writer Doug Moench and penciller Bill Sienkiewicz. The character is one of the greatest enemies of the vigilante"
"inspired by ""Goldfinger""; as with that film, Guy Hamilton was hired to direct, and Shirley Bassey performs vocals on the title theme song. Locations included Las Vegas, California, Amsterdam and Lufthansa's hangar in Germany. ""Diamonds Are Forever"" was a commercial success, but received criticism for its humorous camp tone. The film marked the final appearance of the SPECTRE organization (though not by name) in Eon's Bond films until the 2015 film of the same name. James Bond—Agent 007—pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld hunting down SPECTRE operatives across the world. He eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being"
"by a character who 'might' be Blofeld in film 12, ""For Your Eyes Only"" (1981) in which said character is finally killed. Partly owing to a copyright dispute between rival Bond producers Cubby Broccoli and Kevin McClory, the character is never referred to by name and is credited as ""Wheelchair Villain"". The organisation returns in the Daniel Craig series of Bond films, which are set in an entirely separate continuity to the earlier movies. In the 2015 film ""Spectre"", the eponymous committee is simply referred to by that title with no mention at all of the acronym in this continuity."
"he, more or less conscious was an associate of Spectre and Ernst Stravo Blofeld. Blofeld states to Bond Le Chiffre's affiliation with Spectre and how Bond's interference in Blofeld's world caused him to destroy Bond's, implying Bond's foiling of Le Chiffre's and Quantum's scheme led him to enlist Raoul Silva to destroy MI6 and also kill M. Le Chiffre Le Chiffre (, ""The Cypher"" or ""The Number"") is a fictional character appearing in Ian Fleming's 1953 first James Bond novel, ""Casino Royale"". On screen Le Chiffre has been portrayed by Peter Lorre in the 1954 television adaptation of the novel"
"The trail leads him to the underground base of Dr. No, who is plotting to disrupt an early American space launch with a radio beam weapon. Although the first of the Bond books to be made into a film, ""Dr. No"" was not the first of Fleming's novels, ""Casino Royale"" being the debut for the character; the film makes a few references to threads from earlier books. This film also introduced the criminal organisation SPECTRE, which also appeared in six subsequent films. ""Dr. No"" was produced on a low budget, and was a financial success. While the film received a"
"mean the Special Air Service) during the Troubles, where he had been held hostage by the Irish Republican Army for three months. In ""Spectre"", the 00 Section of MI6 is briefly dismantled in addition to Mallory being demoted. He assists Bond in the field when it is revealed that the Nine Eyes initiative is part of Spectre's plan for world domination. The 1967 satire ""Casino Royale"" featured not one but two Ms. The first is played by John Huston, who also co-directed. In this film, M's real name is McTarry and he is accidentally killed when, in order to get"
"need for the Nine Eyes programme. In return, C will give Spectre unlimited access to intelligence gathered by Nine Eyes, allowing them to anticipate and counter-act investigations into their operations. Bond is tortured as Oberhauser discusses their shared history: after the younger Bond was orphaned, Oberhauser's father, Hannes, became his temporary guardian. Believing that Bond supplanted his role as son, Oberhauser killed his father, staged his own death, adopted the name Ernst Stavro Blofeld and went on to form Spectre and target Bond. Bond and Swann overpower Blofeld and escape, destroying the base in an explosion and leaving Blofeld to"